The Freshman

The other day, my roommate and I discussed how we have changed since freshman year. For my roommate, I could tell her changes were obvious: She's way more outgoing, she's branched out of her friend group, and she has even dealt with her first boy catastrophe. Looking at myself, I wonder how I have changed from moving in freshman year to now.

My sense of humor is basically the same. My taste in music hasn't really changed. My fashion sense has definitely changed a lot, and I think that is due to the environment I have been in. At Liberty, girls dress to impress all the time. I feel like at Liberty, you either dress extremely nice or you dress like a scrub. I have refined my sense of style and I know how to wear makeup and wear my hair nice every day. That has been a struggle for my mom for years... considering I didn't own a hair dryer until college. :)

I would say my political views have changed a bit - I would not say I'm a liberal, but I am definitely more liberal than I used to be. Coming into college, I would say I was conservative in religion and politics, when now I think there are a lot of positives on the Left that I had never considered or thought about before.

There are probably scores of other things that have changed about me since entering college, but I'm trying to listen to other people before making my own hazy conclusions. My friend group has changed, my faith has grown, my style has improved...but it's important to reflect on the growth that has occurred in the past three years of my life, now transgressing to senior year.

"You're definitely now a huge boozer." - My roommate. Totally false. :)